Northwestern University Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics

About CIERA		News and Announcements May, 2012: Ben Farr elected Student Representative of the American Physical Society's Topical Group in Gravitation May, 2012: Dr. Daryl Haggard guest edits the May 4^th edition of the AASWOMEN Newsletter May, 2012: Kevin Broh-Kahn has been awarded a NU Summer URG! May, 2012: Profs. Donna Jurdy and Giles Novak were recipients of the Weinberg College Teaching Awards for 2011-2012 May, 2012: Welcome Dr. John Everett, CIERA's new Assistant Director of Operations. April, 2012: Dr. Jason Steffen accepts offer for a CIERA fellowship, beginning in the Fall of 2012.
Welcome to Northwestern University's Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics! CIERA's mission is to promote research and education through the support of postdoctoral fellows developing independent research programs, advanced graduate and undergraduate research, seminar series, a long-term visitors program, and to pursue new astrophysics research directions. Special emphasis is given to interdisciplinary connections with planetary science, computer science, applied math, chemistry, biology, electrical engineering, and materials science.

Events \| CIERA Spring 2012 Interdisciplinary Colloquium

Prof. Don Figer Rochester Institute of Technology Colloquium Title: "Single-photon Array Detectors" Monday, May 21^st, 2012 at 4:00pm Annenberg Hall, Room G21 More information here!

Visitors \| Upcoming Visitors

Jeff Andrews Columbia University Seminar Title: "Wide Double White Dwarfs in SDSS" Dates of visit: May 14^th - 18^th, 2012 E-mail: andrews (at) astro.columbia.edu